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J.J. Johnson, Drummer for John Mayer

Does anyone have specs/pics of this guys drumkit? I watched him the other night on Austin City Limits with John Mayer and the guy is a ROCK! Clean, classy, and relentless in his groove. Looks like he's using all Constantinoples and he switches his main snare throughout the show. Any info would be appreciated, thanks!

He uses the new Ludwig Legacy Classic 3 ply drums. He started using them at his clinic at PASIC. The sizes were, I beleive 22", 13", 16" 18". That could be wrong. He uses a K Light Ride- 24", and an 18" rock crash (i think) as a bottom hat and an 18" Constantinoble Crash as his top hat.

Yes, JJJ is the man! I saw him with John Mayer about a year ago, and sat floor, 5 rows back, so I got a real good look at JJJ.

He is absolutely a rock solid drummer overflowing with groove. And yes, he switches snares after every song. I think I counted about 8 different snares used. He does indeed use 18 inchers for his HH, and played almost the entire set trad grip, with a cigarette in his mouth the whole time.